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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 20 March 1921, the crowd. Spot yourself. Reinholt & Pesholt, Merchants lists on the Vellmar Exchange as VLO.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateHugo Hallin, of WeinauThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action23 March 1921
SergeantPaul Vogt, of HagenseeThe 5th Marsh Regimentenemy action22 March 1921
PrivateErnst Brenn, of HochstadtThe 5th Marsh Regimentenemy action20 March 1921

As issued by the War Ministry. The Courier adds nothing.

The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

22 March 1921. The Almanac Inspection Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 43 votes to 16. Administered by the Ministry of Chronology. Offences under this Act are tried before the Court of Chronological Offences. Nobody cheered.

22 March 1921. The Highways Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 46 votes to 16. Provides 158752 marka for works between Oberbach and Dammberg. Nobody cheered.

21 March 1921. The Requisition Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly without a division. Charged to the Annual War Appropriation. Passed unanimously, as is customary for measures concerning the Line. It took them all afternoon.

20 March 1921. The Water Supply (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 62 votes to 1. Every town above 500 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. Comes into force on 1 January 1922. It changes The Water Supply Act. Nobody cheered.

18 March 1921. The Military Pensions (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly without a division. Charged to the Annual War Appropriation. Passed unanimously, as is customary for measures concerning the Line. It changes The Military Pensions Act. It took them all afternoon.

17 March 1921. The Salt Duties Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 45 votes to 12. Sets the duty at 7 pfen in the marka. It took them all afternoon.

The High Court. Rusk v. Stinek: Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: for the plaintiff, 198 marka. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Brenn v. Fenn: Concerning smoke from a paper mill at Weinau. Ruling: damages of 1192 marka. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. The Crown v. Kaltz: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 497 marka. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Brenn: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 7952 marka. You should have seen the faces.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

Bread 39.8 pfen the loaf. Beer 59.6 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 4.01 marka. A room costs 14.02 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 4,425. Bank rate 7.1 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 6,872,270 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

212 births, 85 weddings, 136 deaths this week. Population 460,600.

On this day

114 years ago. The bells of Norrwick church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. Report.

110 years ago. The weaving shed at Eisenheim burns through the night. 7 men are out of work. Report.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1920 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.

ClubWL
Marschau Garrison142
Tarnmund Lake133
Hollstadt Workers124
Reedside Athletic97
Kessel Iron88
Grauburg Fortress610
Vellmar Wardens412
Ostrabruck Bridge412
Norrwick Printers214

The Courier's man on the bank rates the champions' stake-men 6 out of ten and the ferry 5.

The Stars

Aries You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.
Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.
Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.
Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.
Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.
Sagittarius The road is longer than the map says.
Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Clues marked Across run left to right; the rest run down. Solution in tomorrow's Courier. Entries with a licensed calendar reference are void. Fill it in online. Yesterday's habit, today's solution.

Printed and published at Vellmar by The Evening Courier. One pfen. Registered under the Press Act. Casualty figures as published by the War Ministry.

From the Courier's digitised back issues, every evening since 4 September 1871. Reproduced as printed.